Solomon Otim
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Northern
Investors decry dire state of roads in Amuru
AMURU – Investors in Amuru district in northern Uganda have appealed to government to urgently intervene and work on roads, saying they are finding it hard to transport their goods to the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
SACCOs in Kwania, Apac gain ground as they pull civil servants
APAC – Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies [SACCOs] in Kwania and Apac districts have gained momentum, and attracted a number of civil servants such as teachers, leaving the large microfinance institutions drained…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kwania SACCO struggling to recover over Shs 70mln from borrowers
KWANIA – Abany Community Development Savings and Credit Co-operative [ SACCO ] is struggling to recover about Shs 72.6 million loaned out to its members in the 2022/2023 financial year. The SACCO…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MP Auma donates Shs 40mln to gospel artists’ SACCO, women VSLAs
KWANIA – Kwania district Woman Member of Parliament, Kenny Auma Lapat has donated Shs 10 million to God is Good Gospel Singers’ Savings and Credit Cooperatives Society [SACCO]. The money was delivered…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Low uptake of PDM funds worries Kwania leaders
KWANIA – The low uptake of the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds in Kwania district has left leaders worried. PDM, launched by President Yoweri Museveni in February 2022 is expected to lift…
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Agriculture
Lango cultural leader calls for revival of cotton growing
Lira– The Paramount Chief of Lango Cultural Foundation, Mzee Yosam Odur Ebii, has called on farmers in the region to revive growing of cotton as one of the approaches to improving household…
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Northern
Lango youth urged d to embrace saving culture
KWANIA – Dr. Joseph Abraham Odongkara, the former UK Principal Commercial Judge, now the provincial secretary attached to the Diocese of West Lango, has challenged the young people in Lango Sub-region to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
68 percent of Emyooga SACCOs in Apac on growth path
APAC – At least 34 out of the 50 registered Emyooga SACCOs in Apac Municipality and Apac district are doing exceptionally well, officials say. Launched in 2019, Emyooga is a presidential initiative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango cultural leader urges women to embrace PDM
KWANIA – The Prime Minister of Lango Cultural Foundation [LCF], Eng. James Robert Ajal has tasked leaders in Lango Sub-region to mobilise women to embrace the Parish Development Model [PDM] to fight…
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Northern
Kwania recovers Shs 90mln from youth
KWANIA – Authorities in Kwania district have so far recovered Shs 90 million from the beneficiaries of the Youth Livelihood Programme [YLP] run by the Gender ministry. In mid-2014, the government through…
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